Monuments of Kazakhstan. Historical and architectural Kazakhstan monuments
On the plains of Central Asia there are many cities with hundreds of architectural monuments of different epochs. Among the most famous are Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Shakhrisabz, Kokand and Turkistan. These cities were the centers of science and the art. Great architects created palaces, mosques and mausoleums, world famous monuments of ancient architecture, to remember Alexander the Great and Gengiz Khan. Many of these masterpieces did not survive, but by visiting those which have been preserved it is possible to glimpse the pages of the past.
